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New Directions in the Study of American Independent Cinema is a one-day symposium organised by the Department of Communication and Media at the University of Liverpool being held on the 12/12/2011. Date: 12/12/2011 Time: 11:30am - 7:30pm Venue: The Rendall Building, University of Liverpool Fee: £30 (£20 student rate) Keynote Address: "The Politics of Independence: Jane Fonda, The China Syndrome (1979) and Anti-Nuclear Campaigning" - Peter Krämer (University of East Anglia) Panel 1 - Re-thinking Independence: "Contesting Independence: Hal Ashby, Creative Conflict and Negotiated Authorship" - Phil Drake (University of Stirling) "From Independent to Specialty: House of the Devil (Ti West, 2009) and the Niche Horror Film" - Sarah Wharton (University of Liverpool) "New Line Cinema, Old Queer Cinema: Problems in the Periodisation of Contemporary American Independent Film" - Gary Needham (Nottingham Trent University) Panel 2 - Converging Independence: "'Greening' American Independent Cinema" - Claire Molloy (University of Brighton) "The impact of media convergence on the distribution of American independent cinema: A case study of The Darjeeling Limited (2007, Anderson) and Hotel Chevalier (2007, Anderson)" - Hayley Trowbridge (University of Liverpool) "American Independent Cinema in the Age of Convergence" - Yannis Tzioumakis (University of Liverpool) Further Information: For more information on the conference including booking details, check out the official website: http://newdirectionssymposium.wordpress.com/ We are also on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Directions-in-the-Study-of-American-Independent-Cinema/286673964684117) and Twitter (http://twitter.com/NDSymposium) so please like and follow us for updates! For informal enquiries, you can also email Sarah ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) and Hayley ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>). Best wishes, Sarah.